diff --git a/PiPedalCommon/src/include/ofstream_synced.hpp b/PiPedalCommon/src/include/ofstream_synced.hpp
index b04af94..fa7264f 100644
--- a/PiPedalCommon/src/include/ofstream_synced.hpp
+++ b/PiPedalCommon/src/include/ofstream_synced.hpp
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ namespace pipedal
     class ofstream_synced : public std::ofstream
     {
     public:
+        using super = std::ofstream;
         ofstream_synced() {}
 
         explicit ofstream_synced(const std::string &filename, ios_base::openmode mode = ios_base::out)
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ namespace pipedal
             : std::ofstream(filename, mode)
         {
         }
+        void close();
         ~ofstream_synced();
     };
 
diff --git a/PiPedalCommon/src/ofstream_synced.cpp b/PiPedalCommon/src/ofstream_synced.cpp
index 8d305d2..7caa3dd 100644
--- a/PiPedalCommon/src/ofstream_synced.cpp
+++ b/PiPedalCommon/src/ofstream_synced.cpp
@@ -8,12 +8,14 @@ void pipedal::FileSystemSync()
 {
     ::sync();
 }
-
-ofstream_synced::~ofstream_synced()
-{
+void ofstream_synced::close() {
     if (is_open())
     {
-        close();
+        super::close();
         ::sync();
     }
+}
+ofstream_synced::~ofstream_synced()
+{
+    ofstream_synced::close();
 }
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